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Friday, October 13, 2023

Autumn Awe-Awareness



A few glimpses,
at what sends Autumn's awe-meter over the top...
Thank-you, Lord


Awareness is fine-tuned to how the wind is winnowing the bough
Of supple sigh and so we try to linger longer in the Now


We loiter under arbors where we look up-up to stare and stare
At nature’s oh-so-fine design of leaf-motifs on sheafs of air



We seek out orchard-bowers bent with harvest’s rosy remanent
And feel earth’s pull; intangible mingling of gladness and lament




We polish Reason’s silver spoon and see a picnic afternoon
Beckoning, so we smile and go to steep our souls in Autumn’s boon


Of sunrise and set snared aloft in little leaf-mirrors soon doffed
Of nature’s wreath lowered beneath footsteps that fall, muffled and soft



Of treetops shedding threads, red-gold; autumn’s raiment is hard to hold
Of hearts that break with delight’s ache, of winds that tug, sassy and bold




Of dawn, rushing yon eastward rim where mercy’s renewed favors brim
To frameless sweeps where nameless deeps flood earth with heaven’s worship hymn




To rekindle the simple thrill from pumpkins perched on porch and sill
Or leaves tossed wild to long-lost child that romps and runs from hill to hill

© Janet Martin














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I hope you enjoyed your pause on this porch and thank-you for your visit!